The plan yesterday did not include making these. However…
Water-soluble graphite crayon & acrylic paint on tracing paper
+ water-soluble oil paint on cardboard
= collage,
each collage 9″ X 12″ – I will fold these, later, maybe after more collage
into an ongoing visual art ‘book’ project.
Distressed cardboard – scored and scraped while the paint is wet. I see a shape to develop.
All I did was dump coffee in the sink
And he appeared. He must have wanted to go on a trip, a journey or a jaunt, I doubt he wanted to be washed down the drain.
Which wasn’t the plan anyway. Not when there is so much to see everywhere, day or night, here or there.
And kindred spirits to discover.
With golden suns disguised as room-temperature metal beginning the process of your transformation. No matter how you begin.
Clearly the street sign is warning me about pyramids ahead.
Maybe around the corner. By the school or the park.
My neighbours say no. This is about speed bumps.
It’s simply a way of saying go slow. Drive slowly.
My neighbours tend to minimize everything.
I think this time they are wrong.
They say I have no idea what they saw driving up here tonight.
That I have no idea what they have been through.
That in the short time I have left I need to be more open to the experiences of others.
I said ‘What?’
In the public domain photos of Wikipedia Commons I found a link to images of cultural expression in Finland following World War 2:
http://pomus.net/kehityslinjat/1945-1959
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